Henry Adams

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born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

February 16, 1838

died

March 27, 1918

gender

male

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics

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Born in 1838 into one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Boston, a family which had produced two American presidents, Henry Adams had the opportunity to pursue a wide-ranging variety of intellectual interests during the course of his life. Functioning both in the world of practical men and afffairs (as a journalist and an assistant to his father, who was an American diplomat in Washinton and London), and in the world of ideas (as a prolific writer, the editor of the prestigious North American Review, and a professor of medieval, European, and American history at Harvard), Adams was one of the few men of...more

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Henry Adams's Books

Average rating: 3.74 · 1,806 ratings · 254 reviews · 58 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Education of Henry Adams 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,200 ratings — published 1918 — 154 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy: An American Novel 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1880 — 61 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams, Ray Carney (Introduction) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1905 — 46 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy/Esther/Mont Saint Michel & Chartres/The Education of Henry Adams (Library of America #14) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 69 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the United States: Jefferson Administrations (Library of America #31) 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the United States: Madison Administrations (Library of America #32) 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1986	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esther 3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1883 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of 1812 3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Degradation of the Democratic Dogma 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1919 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jeffersonian Transformation 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Henry Adams

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
― Henry Adams

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“Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

tags: chaos, humanity, order

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“Friends are born, not made.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

tags: friend, friendship

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